February 15, 2011 at 07:00pm
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Our friends in the immigrant community came to show solidarity with Kentucky Rising by sharing twenty Mexican dinners with the folks in the Governor's office today.
February 9, 2011 at 07:00pm
Yesterday marked the first day of Lexington loves mountains week, a five day long celebration of events leading up to I love mountains day 2011. We kicked it off with an on-air interview at WRFL 88.1 with KFTC member Greg Capillo. Greg talked about KFTC's history of empowering communities and the importance of building a new power movement in Kentucky.
February 8, 2011 at 07:00pm
Senate Bill 6, the anti-immigrant, Arizona copycat bill sponsored by Sen. John Schickel and Sen. Brandon Smith received the second of two hearings Wednesday in the House Local Government Committee. The committee didn't vote on the bill but heard about an hour of testimony that ranged from insightful and educational to irrelevant and offensive.
February 8, 2011 at 07:00pm
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February 6, 2011 at 07:00pm
The below Op-Ed was written by Georgetown KFTC leader Homer White and appeared in this weekend's Georgetown News Graphic.
February 6, 2011 at 07:00pm
This past week, about 20 KFTC members and allies came to a House Local Government Committee hearing on Senate Bill 6, an anti-immigrant bill described in an earlier blog entry here.
The bill's sponsor, Senator John Schickle, argued in favor of passing the legislation, which he hoped would be successful in removing all undocumented immigrants from the state.
Other people testifying largely represented local jails, etc. who mostly spoke to the large costs that would be generated by enforcing a law like SB 6.
February 3, 2011 at 07:00pm
Members covered a *lot* of great economic justice ground in Frankfort yesterday. We had good meetings with key legislators, lobbying for a set of policies that would move Kentucky forward, and against a set of policies that would send us backward. And, we had a great press conference to announce the Kentucky Forward Plan!
